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Irene Staub (†) was considered the "most famous prostitute" in Zurich. But she was much more than that: she entered the history of the city of Limmat as an illustrious and mysterious icon. The movie "Glow" gives him an outline.
Irene Staub († 37) was one of the most dazzling figures of Zurich. (Photo: PD)
A bit of Marilyn Monroe, a bit of Rita Hayworth, a little Courtney Love … Irene Staub was one of the most brilliant and remarkable appearances of Zurich in the years 1980. Also known as "Lady Shiva", the tall young woman was a local celebrity with great potential to gain a foothold on the international stage. Finally, it's her stubborn, egocentric nature and her strong touch of glamor that made her interesting or even an inspirational muse for such personalities as Mick Jagger, Franz Gertsch, Catherine Deneuve or Federico Fellini.
Irene Staub lived a tumultuous life Life on the express way – like a bridge model, pin-up, punk singer, actress or sex worker. Above all, the world of men knew her as a noble angel on the Schoffelgasse, where she sold her "time" to so-called spenders. The activity of Irene Staub has gradually taken its toll – it has led to drug addiction. The relapse repeatedly successful abroad, the relapse followed in Zurich. When Irene Staub went to Thailand at the age of 37 to start a new life, she died in still uncertain circumstances – in a motorcycle accident
The Incredible
The Director Swiss Gabriel Baur shot the documentary film in 2017 Glow, with whom she tries to give a face to Irene Staub, only to approach the portrait; on the contrary, the cinematographic document is seen as an approximation. For if people around Irene Staub could never really grasp them during their lifetime, how could this be a posthumous movie? The comrades of the Zurich icon have many times their say and give them at least an outline with the handle in their keepsake boxes. And yet, Irene Staub remains a mystery both in nature and in her biography.
Gabriel Bauer's film received mixed reviews after the premiere. This is not entirely wrong. Too fragmentary remains the demolition of Irene Staub's hectic life in several places. Important questions remain open that could have been solved. The conversations with their old acquaintances drift so far from the main character of the film that the viewer searches in vain for connections.
In the field of tension between glamor and hypocrisy
Nevertheless, these subjective inadequacies of the film quite remarkable point out) tangible person the dust of Irene. He was and remains a glittering mystical icon in the zone of tension between glamor and objection.
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